Now THIS is a Tight Formation!

[MIflyer]

I have flown formation a little but nothing approaching this. From the EAA Magazine, Sport Aviation.

 

[GrauGeist]

wow!

 

[Crimea_River]

Likely a telephoto lens that shrinks the apparent distances but yes.

 

[cvairwerks]

This will make most people pucker enough to cure the runs....


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynvoriv09Ks

#2 and #3 are only about 8 feet apart at the wingtips and #4 slides his canopy into the open area for a while.

 

[SaparotRob]

I'm liking that livery for Lend-Lease planes.

 

[special ed]

Can any one tell what city they are flying over. Also at about 6:50 and again about 7:30 they pass over, just off the right nose, a campus of some sort with a concrete circle in the yard. Whatzit?

 

[GrauGeist]

Can any one tell what city they are flying over. Also at about 6:50 and again about 7:30 they pass over, just off the right nose, a campus of some sort with a concrete circle in the yard. Whatzit?

Looks like a domed roof, perhaps a church of some sort?

And it looks like the video contained footage taken at various times at different locations.

 

[gumbyk]

Likely a telephoto lens that shrinks the apparent distances but yes.

and a bit of forced perspective, with the smaller 109 in front. But, it's a nice, tidy formation.

 

[mjfur]

Looks like a domed roof, perhaps a church of some sort?

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And it looks like the video contained footage taken at various times at different locations.

Paccar and Boeing Imax Theater, Seattle, WA. next to the Space Needle.

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[MIflyer]

Bud Anderson's book begins with him describing a fight with a BF-109, so that picture is especially appropriate.

 

[special ed]

Thanks for the ident of the city. The flat land and plenty of water with boats made me think of the Gulf coast until is saw mountains in the background.

 

[GrauGeist]

Thanks for the ident of the city. The flat land and plenty of water with boats made me think of the Gulf coast until is saw mountains in the background.

There was one segment that looked like they may have been at NAS Pensacola.

 

[Sisu]

Yeah, that kind of flying is interesting. VERY intense.

 

[special ed]

It makes one appreciate those who used wingtips to send V-1s our of control.

 

[Barrett]

I have flown formation a little but nothing approaching this. From the EAA Magazine, Sport Aviation.

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Bud Anderson turned 101 in January. Doing tolerably well...still the top living American ace among 15 or so remaining.

 

[SaparotRob]

Bud Anderson turned 101 in January. Doing tolerably well...still the top living American ace among 15 or so remaining.

I would love to hear him say:
"Maverick? Never heard of the lady".

With a tip of the cap to Ward Carroll.

 

[EAIAnalog]

This is probably a Blue Angels appearance at Seattle's Seafair. They put on shows on August 6-7, 2022, so this may be from that performance. At 10:37 they do a pull up, and you're looking down at the North end of Mercer Island, with the I-90 floating bridge angling off to the right towards Seattle. At 10:42 you're looking down at Bellevue, with the Evergreen Point floating bridge angling off to the right on its way to the University of Washington complex and I-5. Since this is Seafair, all the little white specks you see in Lake Washington are boats, not white caps.